Welcome to the summary page for FabulousFusionFood's Cook's Guide entry for Bisort along with all the Bisort containing recipes presented on this site, with 10 recipes in total.

This is a continuation of an entire series of pages that will, I hope, allow my visitors to better navigate this site. As well as displaying recipes by name, country and region of origin I am now planning a whole series of pages where recipes can be located by meal type and main ingredient. This page gives a listing of all the Bisort recipes added to this site.

These recipes, all contain Bisort as a major wild food ingredient.

Bistort grows in shady moist woodland and has leaves that look rather like a dock. The plant's root is S-shaped which is blackish on the outside and reddish inside (this root explains its snake associations). Herbalists use this root as an astringent (it is very high in tannins). The leaves are quite tasty when cooked and in the north of England there is a very strong tradition of making a pudding with its leaves. This is usually called 'Easter Ledge', 'Bisort' or 'Dock' pudding and a recipe and be found here.